Chapter 102 Two potions, two choices
"Uh... well..." Prince Henry lowered his head and explained sheepishly, "The light at night is too dark. Besides, the makeup removal and makeup look are different."
"Hey." The king was used to Henry's unreliable ideas.
He then asked Prince Henry if he needed Rhine's help in divination. But Prince Henry refused, reasoning that "it would be most fulfilling to find the girl personally."
Finally, the king accepted the prince's ridiculous idea. But under everyone’s suggestions, restrictions were also made——
Prince Henry could not go from house to house to force every girl to come out to cooperate with him. He could only go to various places in the kingdom in turn and stop in each place for a few days. Leave the shoes there and let willing girls come out and try them on without forcing them.
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So Prince Henry began to implement his plan.
The prince's luxurious carriages and bodyguards traveled to one region after another across the country.
Everywhere they went, the soldiers posted notices and shouted everywhere to explain their intentions, asking the girls in the area to come out and try to see if they could fit into the glass slippers.
They said that whichever girl could fit into the glass slipper perfectly would become Prince Henry's wife.
Many girls want to be the prince's wife, but after trying, they find that their feet are either too big or too small, too long or too short, and no one is a perfect match.
After Cinderella heard about this ridiculous incident, the noble image of the prince in her heart was completely disillusioned:
"Oh my gosh, Momo's magician friend is right. Prince Henry is so weird!
"In order to find someone, he actually made such a mess across the country, disturbing every family.
"And the criterion for judging whether you can become his bride is also very strange, it is whether you can wear a shoe.
"Is His Royal Highness Prince Henry looking for a specific person? You wouldn't use this method to find someone. He should just be looking for a girl with a specific foot type, right?
"I can only say that fortunately the crown prince of the Kingdom of West Asia is not him, but the eldest prince Eric! I can't imagine what would happen if such a prince became the king?
"Hey, the princes in the world are not as perfect as in the books."
Cinderella sighed silently.
At this time, she suddenly had a strange idea:
"I also left a glass slipper. Prince Henry is not looking for me, is he?"
But immediately, Cinderella ruled out this possibility.
"You're kidding, can't you recognize my face if you want to find me? Why use this method."
"The most important thing is that I don't have glass slippers at all! There were many girls wearing glass slippers at that ball. But the pair I wore at the ball were only temporarily changed by magic, and they must have changed back long ago! ”
The shoes on Cinderella's feet had changed to their original appearance long after midnight. She believed that the missing shoe must be too.
Cinderella subconsciously believed that the magic had ended long ago, completely unaware that there was something wrong with Fairy Leila's magic, causing the glass slipper to last longer than before.
However, no matter what, Cinderella no longer thinks much about Prince Henry——
After the dance, Cinderella sold the pearls given by Momo for a large sum of money.
She changed into clothes that were convenient for movement, followed the birds to the beach, and met her "pen pal" Momo for the first time.
Over the past many years, they have relied on birds to communicate and have become close friends who talk about everything. Their hobbies and interests coincide with each other.
Now, the two friends finally see each other——
What Cinderella was wearing was neither the dirty, smelly clothes covered in dust and sweat, nor the stunningly luxurious and beautiful blue dress, but the most ordinary clothes that were convenient for moving around.
Momo was floating in the deep blue, almost black water. The stars and moon were reflected in the water, and the silhouette of the mermaid boy was outlined in the light.
This handsome mermaid boy lowered his head shyly, not daring to look directly at Cinderella, for fear that Cinderella would discriminate against him because he was a mermaid.
But Cinderella said it was nothing.
"Momo, it turns out you are a mermaid. No wonder you know so much about things in the sea! Thank you for the pearls you sent, and thank you for the friends you invited. You changed my destiny!"
"There is no need to hide this. Now, the entire kingdom knows that mermaids are not an evil species. Prince Eric's new wife Ariel is just a mermaid!"
"I heard that your people have cooperated with the merchant ships of the West Asian Kingdom for a long time. They will command the ships on the sea to avoid storms and reefs. They will also drive the fish schools in the sea, so that the fishermen can get a good harvest in a day. Catch than last month ”
Late that night, the two talked a lot. From things on land to things at sea.
After that, Cinderella rented a house on the beach and would come to the beach every day to chat with the mermaid boy Momo.
This reminded Cinderella of the days when the two used birds to communicate.
——It’s just that in the past, they relied on singing birds to convey their ideas, but now, they communicate face to face.
In the past, Cinderella had to take on heavy housework and endure the glares from her stepmother and two older sisters.
But now, with Momo's help, everything has changed.
On this day, Cinderella came to the beach again.
"Momo, I heard that in your palace of the sea, there is a wise and knowledgeable sea witch who is good at mixing magical potions - it can make mermaids grow human feet, or make humans grow mermaid legs. Tails. “Since the kingdom of West Asia became friends with your kingdom in the sea, the latter potion has also been sold on land.
“Any human being on earth who wants to go to the sea can apply at a special place, spend some money, and get a bottle.
"After a while, I considered drinking that magic potion, going to the sea, and being with you. Anyway, my parents have passed away, and I have no nostalgia for this land.
"You told me so many things about the sea, I can finally see it with my own eyes!"
As she spoke, Cinderella looked at the deep blue sea, her eyes seemed to be able to look directly at the palace in the deep sea through thousands of waves, her eyes as bright as gems were full of longing.
In the sea water, the shy and handsome mermaid boy was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears!
Cinderella wants to become a mermaid and be with her?
Momo looked at the girl with a gentle smile on the shore, and finally said what she had been holding in her heart for a long time:
"Honestly, when I knew you were going to attend the prince's ball, I thought the prince would fall in love with you.
"You are different from those pampered aristocratic girls and wealthy businessmen's daughters. You have a unique and extraordinary temperament. I even think that you may become the prince's sweetheart and eventually his wife.
"I never dare to hope that I will really be with you!"
Cinderella smiled and said:
"I only met that prince once. It was just under extremely dim lights and at a noisy dance.
“We didn’t communicate, we didn’t say anything, we didn’t know each other’s interests and hobbies, we just danced mechanically.
"But you are different, Momo, we have been friends five years ago.
"Long before Prince Eric and his beloved wife Ariel met, we were sharing stories with each other using those talking birds.
"Every morning, after sweeping the floor and making breakfast, what I look forward to most is waiting for the birds to fly over and tell you stories - mostly things in the sea.
"And it won't be long before I can see the beautiful fish in the sea with my own eyes, and see the stars and the moon from the sea..."
The scene of Cinderella sitting on the beach and selling the future with the mermaid boy Momo is reflected in the crystal ball.
Both Rhine and Ariel saw it.
"Thank you, Magician Rhine!" Ariel said excitedly, "Now Momo can also gain a love."
"Speaking of which, Prince Henry's nationwide shoe testing scandal is not over yet. I wonder what will happen to Cinderella's two sisters and stepmother?" Rhine thought.
……
at the same time.
Cinderella's two sisters and stepmother were very excited when they heard that His Royal Highness Prince Henry was looking for a girl who could fit into the glass slipper to be his wife.
"My two stupid daughters, listen up, as long as you can put on that crystal shoe, you can become the prince's wife. Enjoy the extremely noble status!" The stepmother was so excited, "No matter who of you is good, I must become the prince’s wife so that I can also enjoy the glory and wealth.”
Both sisters nodded.
"Speaking of which, Cinderella didn't come back after this dance." The eldest sister said, "Did she get lost?"
"Idiot!" the stepmother angrily scolded her daughter, and then sighed, "Cinderella has a terrifying background. She must be enjoying the glory and wealth now!"
When I think about Cinderella, who was oppressed by herself and used as a free nanny in the past, she must have lived in a palace now and lived a life of fine clothes and fine food; when I think about it, Cinderella may now be wearing a priceless gem necklace and expensive clothes. She wore silk clothes, put on crystal-carved shoes, and enjoyed the service of her servants every day. Her stepmother found it difficult to accept it.
"Cinderella must have endless wealth and glory now, why can't I live such a life?"
Thinking of this, Cinderella's stepmother ordered her two biological daughters:
"Go and try, see if you can put on that glass slipper."
The two daughters then went out and tried to wear the prince's glass slippers. However, their feet did not match the glass slippers at all. One big toe was too big and the other's heel was too big.
"What should we do? We can't put shoes on our feet at all." The two sisters were panicked.
The stepmother seemed to have thought of something and walked out of the door.
After a while, she came back with a bottle of magic potion in her hand. The potion looked like clear water.
"This is the magic potion I bought with great effort.
"It is said that it comes from the mermaid kingdom in the sea and is refined by the witches in the sea - you should have heard that now the sea kingdom is an ally of the West Asian Kingdom, so such a magic potion will flow to the ground.
"This potion is so magical. If the mermaids in the sea drink it, they can grow human feet!"
The eldest daughter looked confused:
"Mother, what does this have to do with us? We are not mermaids."
The second daughter was equally puzzled:
"Yes, my sister and I already have feet."
"My stupid daughter!" the stepmother scolded sternly.
"There are different types of this medicine, and they can grow different foot shapes. I deliberately found the one that is most similar to the foot shape of glass slippers. Whoever drinks this potion will be able to grow a foot that can fit perfectly into the shoes." Only the feet in glass slippers!”
(End of chapter)